Ha Tinh, Sep 16 (AFP) Shaken residents in central Vietnam were piecing their homes and businesses back together today after a powerful typhoon hammered large swathes of coast and killed at least four

Widespread destruction in central Vietnam after major typhoon

Ha Tinh, Sep 16 (AFP) Shaken residents in central Vietnam were piecing their homes and businesses back together today after a powerful typhoon hammered large swathes of coast and killed at least four people.

Typhoon Doksuri tore through Vietnam Friday afternoon, reducing structures to piles of debris and knocking out electricity and telecommunications in several provinces, in one of the worst storms to hit the country in years.

Residents woke up Saturday to the widespread destruction in normally idyllic coastal communities popular among beachgoers.